Ash disposal device



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ASH DISPOSAL DEVICE Filed Dec. 18, .1241

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Patented Jan. 19, 1943 res PATENT orri 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a device designed primarily for use indisposing of cigarette and cigar ashes, one of the objects being to.provide with the base portion of a lamp or the like, new and improvedmeans for supporting a lighted cigarette or cigar where it can bereached conveniently and which can be easily actuated to directdeposited ashes into a concealed receiver provided therefor.

A further object is to utilize removable tiltablysupported trays ofnovel construction which can readily be placed in or removed fromoperative relation with the ash receiver.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which isspecially useful in connection with the base portion of a table lamp.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes may bemade in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing fromthe spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawing the preferred form of the invention has beenshown.

In said drawing Figure 1 is a vertical section through the base portionof a table lamp embodying the present improvements, a portion of thelamp bulb and its socket being shown in elevation.

Figure 2 is a section on line 22, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 33, Figure 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, I designates a baseon which is secured or formed a hollow pedestal 2 preferably angular incross-section and constituting the support for the socket portion 3 of alamp bulb 4. One wall of the pedestal 2 is provided with an opening 5normally closed by a door 6 which, in the structure illustrated, ishingedly connected at its upper end to the pedestal as indicated at Iwhile its lower end has an outwardly extended flange 8 for limiting theinward swinging movement of the door. Said lower end is also providedwith a fastening plate 9 located on the inner side of the door butconnected to and adapted to be operated by a knob ID. This plate ismovable into and out of a recess II formed in the base so as thus toserve as a means for holding the door in closed position.

One or more of the other walls of the pedestal are formed with openingsI2 preferably rectangular and each of these openings has a tray of novelconstruction detachably mounted therein and extending outwardlytherefrom. Each tray comprises a base I3 the outer transverse portion ofwhich is provided with a corrugated supporting strip I4 extendingtransversely over the plate and providing seats in which cigarettes orcigars may be placed. From the inner end of plate I3 is extended atongue I5 forming an obtuse angle therewith, this tongue beinginsertible into the opening I2 so as to rest upon the lower wallthereof. Also extended from the inner end of the member I3 are dependingfingers I6 located at the sides of the member and each of which ispreferably angular in cross-section as shown particularly in Figure 3.These fingers normally bear backwardly against that wall of the pedestalfrom which the tray is extended, said fingers and the tongue 5 of thetray cooperating to form a crotch in which the bottom wall of theopening I2 is located.

As will be apparent by referring to the full line positions of the traysin Figure 1, the weight of each tray causes the fingers I6 to thrustbackwardly against the engaged wall of the pedestal but at the same timethe downwardly inclined tongue I5 prevents the tray from swingingoutwardly about the lower ends of the fingers I6 as a fulcrum. Thereforewhenever a cigarette or the like is placed on the strip I4 the tray willnot become accidentally displaced but will instead support the articledeposited thereon in such position that the ashes from the burning endof the cigarette or cigar can fall onto the member I3. When an excessiveamount of ash is accumulated on the member, the outer portion thereofcan be tapped upwardly with a finger, thereby causing the tray to swingupwardly to the dotted line position shown in Figure 1 with the resultthat the accumulated ash will be knocked from the member I3 and becaused to gravitate along tongue I5 into the lower portion of thepedestal.

' Within the lower portion of the pedestal is a removable container I8accessible readily through the door opening 5 so that when door 6 isopened, this container I8 can readily be withdrawn for the purpose ofremoving its contents. To facilitate withdrawal of the container afinger-piece I 9 can be provided at the top of the front thereof.

Each tray can readily be lifted out of place when it is desired to cleanit and it is easily insertible into proper position simply by replacingtongue I 5 within the opening I2.

What is claimed is:

1. An ash disposal device including a hollow pedestal having an openingin one wall, a container removably mounted within the pedestal andbelow'the opening, and a tray tiltably and removably mounted on thepedestal, said tray including an ash-supporting member, anash-delivering tongue extending from one end of the member and throughthe opening, said tongue overlying the container, and a, fingerdepending from the member and normally held against the outer surface ofsaid pedestal by the weight of the member, said finger and tonguecooperating to provide a crotch constituting a seat for detachableengagement with the bottom wall of the opening.

2. An ash disposal device including a hollow pedestal having an openingin one wall, a container removably mounted within the pedestal and belowthe opening, and a tray tiltablyand removably mounted on the pedestal,said tray including an ash-supporting member, an ash-delivering tongueextending from one end of the member and through the opening, saidtongue overlying the container, and a finger depending from the memberand normally held against the outer surface of said pedestal by theweight of the member, said finger and tongue cooperating to provide acrotch constituting a seat for detachable engagement with the bottomwall of the opening, said member being tiltable relative to thepedestal'about the engaged bottom wall of the opening thereby to directthe contents of the tray onto the tongue and into the container, andmeans on the tray for holding a cigarette or the like.

' SAMUEL HYMAN WANATIK.

